After noon, the sun slanted westward.


    Robus and his party arrived at the mayor''s residence on time under the escort of four divine knights.


    Because it was clear that Arthur didn''t like priests, Gustav didn''t show much enthusiasm. He only sent his servants out to meet him, while he sat safely in the office and waited.


    "My Lord."


    Hearing the servant''s voice, Gustav behind his desk looked up at the door.


    Under the guidance of the servant, three guys in gorgeous white robes were standing aside.


    Good looks! Gustav thought.


    As he got up from his chair and walked towards the three, he looked at the three in front of him.


    On the left side of the bishop in the middle, stood a young priest, holding a small brown wooden box in his opposite hands.


    Is this a gift for me? Gustav thought.


    On the Bishop''s right is a middle-aged priest standing with his hands down. Looking at the priest, Gustav frowned slightly. The man gave him a familiar feeling. He seemed to have seen each other somewhere.


    "Go and prepare some drinks," Gustav told his servant, and then stood in front of the three, with the young bachelor bor standing by.


    "Mayor Gustav, I haven''t seen you for a long time." priest Giovanni smiled as if he had seen an old friend for many years.


    Looking at the hypocritical smiling face in front of him, Gustav suddenly realized why he thought this guy was familiar.


    "It''s priest Giovanni," Gustav said with the same smile. "You''ve been more haggard since I haven''t seen you for a few years. Are there terrible Warcraft in the kingdom?"


    Giovanni was the head of the priest who led the missionary on the river.


    Gustav vaguely remembers that it was this guy who lobbied Arthur''s father about seven or eight years ago and obtained the qualification to lead a missionary on the river.


    At first, the other party did show some effects, comforting the miserable serfs and making the environment in the farm more stable.


    But four years ago, when they learned of Arthur''s father''s tragic death in the war, the priests not only did not help stabilize the serfs in the farm, but hurried away from the river collar.


    The Lord died, and even God left us. The escape of the priest plunged the serfs into despair.


    At the beginning, if it were not for the Castle Knight led by housekeeper Benjie to stabilize people''s hearts, the desperate serfs would almost rush out of the farm and all turn into refugees to escape from the river!


    The man who led the priest to flee in a hurry was the Giovanni bastard in front of him.


    Facing Gustav''s satire, priest Giovanni didn''t seem to hear it at all. He still introduced him with a smile: "Lord Gustav, in front of you is bishop robus, the most famous bishop in our God of Light Church."


    "May the God of light bless you." bishop robus said with a slight nod.


    Glancing at the warm and solemn robes, Gustav asked the three to sit down at the conference table without waves.


    "Some polite words will be avoided." Gustav said bluntly after taking a sip of the ale prepared by the servant. "You can see that I have nothing to entertain you except this wine. Moreover, I am very busy and have a lot of things to deal with, so just say what I have to say."


    Gustav''s manner was rude enough, but the bishop of robus opposite him was not dissatisfied at all.


    "Mr. Mayor," he said with a smile, "please believe that we are not here to waste your precious time, but to discuss something very important with you. In addition, we have prepared some small gifts."


    Then he glanced at the bachelor bor standing aside and motioned Gustav to let him leave.


    "Bor, go down first and don''t let anyone disturb you."


    After bor left, Gustav looked at robus and said faintly, "I hope what you say next is not nonsense."


    Robus still smiled and nodded to Cruz on the left.


    Cruz then opened the wooden box he had been holding in his hand, and then turned the box so that Gustav could see what was inside.


    Chapter of light!


    In the wooden box, there was a golden brown chapter of light inlaid with silver.


    The eye-catching golden font and dazzling silver book edge make people feel precious and extraordinary at a glance.


    Oh! Staring at the books in the wooden box, Gustav smiled in his heart. These guys really came to preach to themselves, he thought.


    Looking at robus with a smile on his face, Gustav said impolitely, "did you write all the nonsense you want to say in this book? Sorry, I''m not interested in your God, but the gold and silver on it are more attractive."


    Gustav''s words made Cruz frown slightly, and he was dissatisfied with his blasphemy.


    Bishop robus, still silent, nodded to Cruz again.


    When Cruz carefully picked up the chapter of light, he saw a whole box of gold coins more dazzling than the chapter of light!


    Looking at the gold coins, Gustav slightly raised his eyebrows. Based on the size and depth of the wooden box, he could judge that there were at least hundreds of gold coins!


    Noting his surprised response, bishop robus finally opened his smile: "Mr. Mayor, this is just a small gift from our God of light. I hope it won''t make you feel occupied."


    Gustav''s mind flew around. There was a box full of gold coins in front of him, which made him confused about each other''s intentions.


    It hasn''t been seen for several years. Has the missionary means of these guys been so popular?


    Staring at robus with a smile on his face, Gustav said with deep meaning: "before I became the mayor of Shanghe Town, I was a businessman, and the merchant''s experience tells me: in this world, there is no benefit for nothing. If one wants to get anything, he must pay the corresponding price. Are you sure it''s just a small gift?"


    Gustav''s words satisfied robbs very much. This is a clever man.


    "Please rest assured that this is really just a small gift from our God of light. What we want to exchange for is your friendship."


    "Friendship?" Gustav asked.


    "Yes, friendship!"


    Looking at robus with a sincere smile in front of him, Gustav laughed and said, "small gifts are for friendship. What about big gifts? What do you want?"


    Although he was not ashamed of Gustav''s reaction, robus was extremely satisfied with the change of his attitude.


    Looking at the fat guy in front of him, he smiled and said, "Shanghe town can change now. I think you, the mayor, must have made a lot of efforts. To be honest, when I saw this town this morning, I almost thought I was going in the wrong direction. I didn''t arrive at Shanghe Town, but the king capital eastington!"


    Gustav was stunned by the other party''s words and wondered again - is this guy flattering me?


    ……